Cicadas are also called 17 year Locust, Cicada insects and Periodical Cicada. Large spring hatches, called "broods", emerge in 13 year and 17 year cycles. The 2018 Cicada emergence is very limited, affecting jsut a small portion of New York State. It is Brood VII, a 17 year Cicada..

Magicicada is the genus of the 13-year and 17-year periodical cicadas of eastern North America.